Williston homebrew winner on tap

Nov. 30, 2012

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Free Press Staff

The “best in show” winner of the recent Green Mountain Mashers homebrew competition is on tap for you to judge yourself. The beer is the McAllister Irish Red Ale created by Marty Bonneau of Williston. Fiddlehead Brewing of Shelburne brewed a batch that will be available for a short time at the Fiddlehead Brewery, and starting Sunday, at McGillicuddy’s Irish Ale House in Williston.

Bonneau’s beer “uses some pale and caramel malts as well as a pinch of roasted barley to create a very malt forward beer with little residual sweetness. Fuggles, a traditional British hop, add a slight earthy tone to this Red,” according to the Fiddlehead website.

Bonneau and Fiddlehead owner Matt Cohen will host a celebration of the brew at 3 p.m. Sunday at McGillicuddy’s, according to ale house manager Todd Balcom.